Gate



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GATE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 21, 1919.

Patented Mar. 23, 1920.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM S. EDELBLUTE, OF DELPI-IOE, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ISAAGMCKENZIE, OF DELPHOS, OHIO.

GATE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 23, 1920.

Application filed July 21, 1919. Serial No. 312,185.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, rimmer ti. EnuL- nL'U'rn, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Delphos, in the county of Allen and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to a gate in which the horizontal members arepivotally scoured between pairs of upright members thereby adapting thehorizontal or longitu dinal bars or members to be adjusted with respectto the ground and also relative to the upright members, such adjustingraising one end of the gate clear of the ground. The invention alsoincludes novel and simple means for locking the gate in adjustedposition and means for decreasing friction between the movable oradjustable parts, as well as preventing moisture and ice frominterfering with said adjustment.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation showing thegate adjusted to permit passage of small stock or animals, and acting asa bar to. passage of larger animals.

Fig. 2. is a section on the line 2--2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. at is a section on the line 4:ilof Fig. 1.

In the drawings 1 designates the longitudinal members or bars of thegate and 2 the upright members arranged in. pairs, the. members of eachpair being spaced apart.

To the inner faces of the upright members 2 are secured convex washers3, and concave washers a are set into the bars 1. Bolts 5 and nuts 6pass through the uprights, bars and washers and serve as pivot pins forthe bars 1.

The cooperating washers 3 and st serve as wood surfaces were in directcontact, as the bars would bind against the. uprights. l urthcrmore inthe winter this moisture which would of course collect between the barsand the uprights would freeze and it would be practically impossible tooperate the gate.

But with the washers or bearings shown both these difficulties areovercome, and the gate is rendered operable during wet and cold weatherwith almost as much case as during warm and dry weather.

To the free end of the gate is secured a spring latch 7 which cooperateswith a suitable keeper 8. The latch is secured by metal clamps 9 and abolt 9. Similar clamps 10 through which pass eye-bolts 11, having eyes12, are secured to the opposite end. of the gate, and serve as hinges, apivot rod 13 running through. the eyes 12.

To lock the gate with bars 1 in adjusted position I employ angled rods14, the lower ends of the rods being secured to the lower portions ofthe end uprights. The upper end portions of the rods are bent so as tolie parallel with. one of the has 1, preferably the one next the top ofthe gate. Metal. plates 15 are secured to this bar, by bolts 16, andcarry sleeves 17 and set screws 18. The upper portions of the rods letwork in these sleeves and are locked in position by the set screws 18thus making the gate rigid. I have employed the gate with but one ofthese rods, but find a .iirmer structure is had by employing two of themas shown.

hat I claim is A gate comprising parallel spaced upright members, barscarried thereby, concavo-convex washers carried respectively by saidbars and uprights, bolts passing through said washers, an angled rodcarried by the gate, one end of said rod being secured to the lowerportion of one of said uprights, the opposite end extending parallel toone of the bars, a sleeve carried by the bar and receiving said arallelportion of the rod, and means carried by the sleeve for locking the rodthereto.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature.

WILLIAM S. EDELBLUTE.

